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| Muhammad Ali: Founder of Modern Egypt IWhen Napoleon Bonaparte, in his search for military glory and territorial expansion invaded Egypt in 1798, he threw the social and political structure of the nation into chaos. Many mark this time as the beginning of modern Egypt.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Myanmar's Struggle: Burma IThe lush and beautiful nation of Myanmar, more commonly known as Burma, is in the late twentieth century being forced to confront its lack of human rights and democracy by a diminutive housewife, a mother of two, Aung San Suu Kyi.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Muhammad Ali: Founder of Modern EgyptThe occupation of Egypt by the French, ending in 1801, disrupted the country's traditional political and economic structures. Sent as a part of the Ottoman Empire's force to throw the French out, Muhammad Ali, through political maneuvering, rose to be the governor. He is considered by many to be the founder of modern Egypt.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Balkan Morass IIIOne of the most powerful symbols enflaming the Balkan crisis of the 1990s and engulfing the former Yugoslavia is the ancient Battle of Kosovo.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Balkan Morass IVWith the Ottoman Empire nearly everywhere dominant in the Balkans, Serbs, Montenegrins, Albanians, and Macedonians dreamed of independence.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Balkan Morass IIDuring the medieval period most Balkan countries lost their independence. This added to already powerful ethnic and religious tensions in the region.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Baath Party Coup In IraqCarved out of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, Iraq struggled for stability and independence for nearly five decades until the emergence of the Baath Party.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Survival of Poland IIThe nation of Poland has survived, but at times only in the imagination and through the powerful combination of nationalism and religion.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
 | The Ottomans as a World PowerLearn about the powerful and wealthy Ottoman Empire of the 17th-century and how English involvement with that region promoted the economy in England and overseas expansion.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Sub-Saharan African KingdomsExplore the vast and varied land of seventeenth century Atlantic Africa.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
